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The banks of the Hunhe River became a huge training ground.

The sound of hooves was like thunder, and the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky. Weapons danced, formations changed, flags flew, and people shouted and horses neighed. A team of elites selected in the two white flag Manchuria and the blue flag Manchuria are practicing, and the momentum is shaking the heavens and the earth.

On the podium set up next to the elm forest where a large number of elm coins have been scattered all over the place and tender green leaves are emerging from the branches, Prince Yu Duoduo and Prince Su's uncle and nephew Haoge each put on their helmets and armor, and under the large group of generals and guards who also wore armor, they quietly watched the exercises of these newly banner-carrying clothed people, and they were still motionless for a long time.

Although standing in one place, they are still two distinct camps.

The officers and generals with white flags and white flags were mixed together, all of them standing beside Duoduo in bright armor, and from time to time they pointed out the movements of the two white flags on the school field in the distance.

The officers and soldiers with blue flags surrounded Hauge like stars holding the moon, carefully watching his every move.

Between the two groups, an invisible but subtle boundary river has been formed.

On the wasteland by the river, the new battalion of the Han army formed after selecting the strong and strong people from the three banners to carry the flag was organized and drilled according to the intention of their respective banner owners.

According to the establishment of a team of fifty people, a new battalion of Niu Lu was organized into six teams, although there were not so many firearms, but in Haoge's blue-flaged Han military camp, it was still according to the establishment of the Shenji battalion, and at least four teams carried long wooden sticks on their shoulders as a substitute for firecrackers to practice the queue. The remaining two teams are equipped with long swords and shields, tiger guns, spears, etc., and they will serve as a covering force for the musketers.

Although he had already copied the sleeve spur, Hauge couldn't trust this weapon, he stubbornly thought that the long knife, the big axe and the long spear could be relied on!

In order to allow these soldiers of the new battalion of the Han army to distinguish between the left and right as soon as possible, the officers of each team tied a wooden stick with grass to their right arm. As a sign to identify the left and right.

Several sect leaders with scars on their heads and faces, holding short wooden sticks in their hands, shouted viciously in front of the queue: "Lao Tzu Day, you ancestors are planks!" If you don't walk neatly, you will have three sticks per person, and you will be hungry! ”

At first, the queue could be described as miserable, and the team was crooked and swayed like an earthworm. Everyone in the queue couldn't even tell the difference between left and right. Under the sticks and scolding of these leaders, they gradually touched the path. But it's no wonder that as long as someone is standing in the wrong line, those leaders can't help but say that it is easy to beat their heads and faces with sticks.

Here, the blue flag is training the new battalion infantry team according to the path of the model brigade, and over there, the hooves are like thunder and the human voice is roaring, but it is the Han soldiers with two white flags who are rehearsing the horse team.

The drill horse team does not require queues, military discipline, formation coordination, and so on like the training infantry team. However, it is even harsher. Not to mention anything else, it is a difficult task to make those original clothed soldiers change from pure infantry to horse infantry, that is, the so-called dragoons.

Training cavalry is costly. There has long been a saying in the army that "one horse tops three people". It is said that the consumption of one war horse is more than the consumption of three infantry. As for the consumption of the cavalry itself, it was even greater. On average, a cavalry company with men and horses costs nearly as much as an infantry squad. If all the tens of thousands of clothed soldiers under the command of the two white flags are turned into cavalry or horse teams, I am afraid that the entire Qing Kingdom will go bankrupt. What's more. Cavalry is difficult to train, and cavalry must have excellent riding skills. You also have to know the habits of horses very well, especially the habits of your own mounts. Maybe after half a year of hard training, you can be proficient in horseback riding, but if you want to use it to rush and kill in formation, I am afraid that it will not work without a few years. However, the soldiers and horses that Dorgon and the Dodor brothers wielded. Originally, it was intended to be used as mounted infantry to improve the mobility of the army. Therefore, the requirements for riding skills are not so high.

"Didn't those barbarians of the Model Brigade not even ride horses well, and still beat Ao Bai, who was known as my No. 1 warrior in Manchuria, to the point of breaking his bones?" For the decision of the second brother. Dordor said with both hands in agreement.

In the cavalry battle between the Model Brigade and the Two Yellow Flags at the foot of Rufeng Mountain, the horse team of the Model Brigade broke through the elite cavalry of Aobai, and even made Haoge's blue flag lose his troops. This scene was deeply imprinted in the hearts of the Dorgon brothers. Facts have proved that the cavalry team composed of the Han people is not good at riding, but it is supplemented by strict discipline and strict queues, and there is still a great chance of victory against the cavalry skilled in archers and horses of the Shangqing Kingdom. What's more, according to the merchants, the cavalry team organized by the Han people in the way and method has a very low cost of becoming an army, and it is consumed one for another, which the Qing State cannot afford!

If the minions under it can become an army like the Model Brigade Horse Team, what are our brothers afraid of him Huang Taiji doing?

As for horses, it is not difficult for the two white flags and the positive red flags that are rich and wealthy at the moment. Wu Keshan, the prince of Horqin alone, in order to tie up with Dolgon, sent 5,000 horses to two white flags in one go under the banner of helping to train the troops. These horses are all good war horses that are full of fat and fat and shiny.

There are people, and there are horses, so what are you waiting for? Taking advantage of Huang Taiji's illness, the two white flag Han army horse teams were trained!

"The slave took over this errand to train the cavalry, and after selecting the soldiers and forming the whole team into the battalion, it was to practice the tactical formation of the soldiers in the morning and the next day to train the cavalry. When practicing horsemanship, according to the law of the Southern Army, those who can ride a bareback war horse and gallop for three miles without falling off the horse only once can be regarded as passing today's drill. In this way, half a month, this class of minions can gallop freely on the horse, with the saddle stirrup is even more galloping back and forth like electricity, every day the horse team soldiers and their own horses scrub and drink, check the mouth, teeth, shoes and other things, forehead and horns intersect ears and temples grinding, familiar with the horse nature is naturally twice the result with half the effort. ”

Meler Zhangjing, who was in charge of the drill of the Han Army Horse Team of the Two White Flags, and now Cao Zhenyan, a hot celebrity among the two White Flags, proudly pointed to the team riders galloping back and forth in the distance to introduce his own methods to Duoduo, which can be regarded as a sign of his hard work and achievements.

Duoduo snorted from his nostrils, which can be regarded as a recognition and approval of Cao Zhenyan's achievements. At present, among the two white flags and the Zhenghong flag controlled by Azig, there are about 70,000 or 80,000 Han people in Baoyi and Han army banners. On that day, the three brothers secretly discussed that it would be best if all these tens of thousands of people could be trained into cavalry, if they could not all be trained for one reason or another. At least five or six armor-coated firecrackers must also be trained to ride horses to improve the mobility of their troops.

After being tossed by Cao Zhenyan for half a month, at least the original thousands of firecrackers have learned to ride horses, and their movements on the horses are also quite similar to the model brigade horse team of the day. The same staggered, the same went in like a wall. Although the arrangement is not so close, there is already a hint of rudimentary form.

"Count your minion intentions. In this way, the elite of my two white flag soldiers and horses, I am afraid that I will be crowned with eight flags! ”

This was originally a boastful remark, but Hauge on the side was a little reluctant to listen to it.

Hauge originally had no good impression of Duoduo, an uncle who was a few years younger than himself, but he was quite jealous of the strength of the dozens of Manchurian Niulu under Duoduo's name, and he was helpless for a while. Today, it was Duoduo who provoked the conversation first, how could this Prince Su swallow this breath?

What's more, I watched the training scene for half a day in front of me. Hauge was also bored and looking for something to do. Training this thing, although everyone knows that it is important, is really boring. Therefore, it didn't take long for Hauge to feel bored. If he hadn't been afraid of being angry with him, maybe he would have left directly.

However, Prince Yu Duoduo on the side was full of interest, looking at his relatively neat queue. Duoduo couldn't help but smile on the corner of his mouth, the so-called gun is the king of grass. I have such a strong reserve force, are you still afraid of the stupid pig next to me? Since the death of his father Khan, he has fully appreciated what the word strength means to him? If it weren't for the dozens of cattle left to him by his father Khan, I'm afraid that the starling would have sent him to see his father Khan and his mother concubine a long time ago.

There is also a sentence called brocade night walking, and there is a problem with this thing. Once you feel that you have an advantage, you always want others to know, otherwise it will be as if there is nothing. It just so happened that Dolgon also noticed that Hauge was yawning a little, so Dolgon said, "Prince Su, this king feels that watching the drill is really boring. How about we have a military exercise? ”

Facing the smiling Duoduo, Hauge wanted to throw him directly into the Hunhe River to feed the fish, but he also knew that he couldn't do it now, so he snorted angrily and said, "It's just right, I also want to see if my minions have eaten sorghum rice for nothing." But I'm training the firecrackers now, and the two of us can't really use the medicine, how can this result be calculated? ”

Duoduo smiled slightly, asked Cao Zhenyan beside him a few words in a low voice, raised his head and said to Haoge: "This is easy to say, you can only fill gunpowder without projectiles." As long as the blue-flaged firecrackers approach the two white flags and queue fifty paces, the casualties are counted as three to one, that is, if you have three people in a team and can get close to the queue for fifty paces, you can kill one person. But the same is true for our firecracker infantry, Prince Su, you have to think about it, the conversion speed of my queue is relatively fast. ”

Hauge snorted coldly, and no longer bothered with Duoduo, but ordered the minions to inform the minions on both sides to prepare for the exercise.

Soon, the two sides were lined up in their respective phalanxes, and when the two sides stood still, Duoduo was even more triolated, because he knew that he had won. On Hauge's side, the queue was not neat, the guns were not in order, and the most important thing was that there was a line of queues to be shot. Of course, it's not that the line is bad, but for the line to be effective, it needs better training and coordination, and Hauge's infantry obviously can't do that. Therefore, he only needs to withstand the three volleys of the line first, and then let the sword and shield soldiers charge, and the victory is basically decided.

Hauge was taken aback, although Hauge was stupid, he was not stupid in war. He saw that Duoduo's infantry lined up in a goose-shaped formation, but this goose-shaped formation was different from the traditional formation, the goose wings were composed of small phalanxes, although the queue was relatively dispersed, it was actually very tight, and they could support each other. What's more, there are a large number of artillery on both sides of the phalanx, which can be supported at any time. Hauge calculated for a while, and it seemed that the key to breaking the formation was how to get rid of these artillery.

A trumpet sounded, and the two armies slowly moved towards each other.

The building scale of the main hall of the Rui Wangfu is not large, although it is also three bright and dark five, five ridges and six beasts, and five steps, but if it is placed in the pass, it is just like the hall of the rich landlord. The red lacquer painted gold Eight Immortals table for lunch is placed in the East Warm Pavilion of the main hall, and the room is as warm as spring, and the furnishings are simple.

Lunch at Prince Rui's Mansion consists of only one large assorted hot pot and four plates of meat and vegetarian dishes. At lunchtime, there were male and female servants in Prince Rui's palace waiting, and everyone knew each other very well and no longer discussed military affairs. There was silence in the East Warm Pavilion.

Dorgon sat on the red felt-covered master's chair on the north side of the Table of the Eight Immortals, facing due south. Dorgon is on the left, and on the left hand side of the Eight Immortals Table is the seat of the Lord of the Red Banner Manchurian Flag, and on the right is the seat of Adali. After this pair of uncles and nephews arrived at the palace this morning to say goodbye, they didn't even return to the mansion, and went directly to Prince Rui's mansion to visit.

Dolgon, who had planned to go outside the city to watch the soldiers. Unexpectedly, the pair of uncles and nephews came to visit suddenly. However, fortunately, in the past few years, the relationship between Manchuria with red flags and the two white flags is also quite close, and some people once said with jealousy, "The two red flags and the two white flags are now too fat in a pair of pants." "Prince Rui alone is the one who leads the Four Banners!"

Adali picked up a piece of large and thick white meat from the assorted hot pot, chewed it in his mouth, and praised vaguely: "That is, you can eat such a good dish in the Rui Wangye's mansion!" The chef in my house can't make it taste like that anyway! ”

After quickly finishing lunch, everyone returned to Xinuan Pavilion with Prince Rui. Rinse your mouth with tea and sit down around the kang table again. The servants of the palace quietly withdrew. Dorgon lit his cigarette pouch, took two or three puffs, and knocked the ash off the tray.

"Lord Shuoto, Adali, you came today, I don't think you came to praise the cook in my house, right?"

Dolgon also did not mince words about the pair of uncles and nephews who had been raised by him for many years with money, food and materials, and who had single-handedly held the status of banner lord and Baylor. Come straight to the point.

"Uncle Fourteen!" Shuoto looked left and right, and saw that there were only three of them in the warm pavilion. No one else was present. "The two of us went to the palace today to ask for peace, and it is said that that person, because the imperial doctor in the palace performed acupuncture and bloodletting for him, has come to his senses. But because of his illness, he did not summon us. ”

However, the civil officials of the Inner Three Courts hurriedly entered the dormitory and played the right match. One of my Baya soldiers was acquainted with Fan Wencheng Fan Zhangjing's bodyguard. According to him, that person intended to ask for peace with the Ming Kingdom, go to the emperor's number, and even be willing to repay the military salary and borrow soldiers and horses to the Ming Kingdom to exterminate the Liukou! ”

Listened to this low and eager sentence. Dolgon's hand holding the cigarette pouch turned a little white because of the overexertion. His face was also serious and abnormal, and he was speechless for a while.

"Uncle Fourteen, you should have made up your mind about this matter earlier! If this peace clause arrives in the capital of the Ming Kingdom, Chongzhen Xiaoer will definitely agree. At that time, it will definitely be our four flags who will go to the customs and fight with the thieves! What kind of combat power the thief is, others don't know, your Rao Yu Baylor is the best example! If all the soldiers and horses under our command are exhausted, then, you, the fifteenth uncle, and our uncle and nephew will be in a more difficult situation than Rao Yu Baylor in front of them! ”

"Fourteenth Master!" Adali was also quite eager, "Since the emperor raised his army with thirteen pairs of armor, how could our Qing soldiers and horses ever have the idea of surrendering to the Ming Kingdom?" It has always been the Ming Kingdom soldiers and horses who surrendered to us! Why is it reversed today? Not only did he go to the emperor's honorific title, but he lost the country name and became a vassal of the Ming Kingdom, but he also sent our warriors to the Guannai to fight the Liukou for the Ming Kingdom! What is this fat black man going to do?! ”

Adali was a little angry, and his chest couldn't help but fall together, "Fourteenth Master, if he sends troops into the customs to suppress the thieves, I am afraid that the soldiers and horses of our uncle and nephew will be in a catastrophe!" ”

"Exactly, Uncle Fourteen, it's better to say that someone else is holding a knife on our necks," Shuo Tuo looked nervously around, and his right hand slammed downward. "If he is unkind, he will allow us to be unjust!"

The two uncles and nephews came to persuade them to do extraordinary things! Dolgon's heart settled down a lot.

Even if that person wanted to do this, he was afraid that his body might not be able to support that day. What's more, he used the trick of negotiating peace to trap the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Ming Kingdom, will the monarchs and ministers of the Ming Kingdom be fooled again? ”

"What's more, even if the emperor covets the peace terms he promised, he is lucky, and he doesn't remember to eat. Isn't he afraid that my Qing Dynasty's tiger and wolf army will come to Beijing after crossing the Shanhai Pass and directly take his Beijing City? ”

"Also, those ministers of the Ming Kingdom, if the peace negotiation is successful, and my Qing soldiers and horses enter the customs to help suppress the thieves, where will they find a reason to continue to levy three salaries? These three salaries, tens of millions of taels, how much they have eroded and swallowed from them, who knows? ”

"However, the two of you were also right. The emperor is not in good health at the moment, and his serious injuries have not healed. I'm afraid that there will be traitors and villains around the emperor to bewitch Shengcong. There are even those ill-intentioned people, who think that they are the emperor's adult son, relying on the strength of his troops and horses, intending to do bad things to the emperor! ”

"Those of us who are slaves, naturally we have to mention the emperor for consideration in everything. Can't let the emperor be calculated by traitorous villains and shameless fanatics! ”

Dolgon's generous statement of loyalty, which can be seen as full of the sun and the moon, can be described as righteous and stern. If others listened, they would inevitably be moved to tears by Prince Rui's loyalty to the emperor. However, to the ears of Shuotuo and Adali's uncle and nephew, it was tantamount to a combat mobilization order.

"Uncle Fourteen (Fourteen Masters) is right! We are slaves, and we really can't let the emperor be calculated by those traitorous villains and shameless fanatics! ”

The two left Prince Rui's mansion and went to organize the soldiers and horses, and prepared for the affairs without mentioning. (To be continued......)